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Pancakes


Posted in: Mr. Waffle

An Irish friend of ours lives in the Netherlands, is married to a Dutch man, has four Dutch children, speaks fluent Dutch and works in the Dutch public service. Perhaps bowing to the inevitable , she has recently become a Dutch citizen but, like all Cork people in exile, she remains very much a Cork person also.

I thought of her during the week as on pancake Tuesday, I always recall her absolute outrage at having seen in a shop a packet of pancake mix emblazoned with the words “Just add an egg and milk.” “It’s just flour,” she said, “how can people not know they’re just being sold overpriced flour?” How indeed? Her reaction is the perfect combination of Cork/Dutch; a worthy daughter of both speaks.

36 Views of the Mountains of Mourne


Posted in: Family, Middle Child, Travel, Twins

Me: I’m thinking about summer holiday options. Where might we go this year?

Many voices: Not that Estonian island you keep talking about.

Me: What about Japan? Not this year, but next year maybe?

Daniel: What’s wrong with like…Newry?

Wednesday, Wednesday – Every Other Day of the Week is Fine*


Posted in: Reading etc.

On Wednesday mornings I have my Ukrainian lesson at 8. At 8.45 I leave the house and cycle into work at speed.

All my meetings seem to be on Wednesday. For all the talk of hybrid working, people do still like to meet in person and Wednesday is the day most people are in. An exhausting schedule of meetings follows.

Then I zoom (pun unintended) out of the office at 6. Go home , quick change and out to tennis at 7. I am exhausted when I get back at 8.30.

On Tuesday night, I am filled with trepidation. There must be a better way.

Unrelated (other than to note that one of these dental appointments was squeezed in at lunchtime on a Wednesday): I have now had three temporary crowns on my tooth and the permanent crown is not due until February 23. The dentist is getting tetchy but so am I.

*Earworm for you. Some creative liberties taken with the original lyrics.

Cool or Sic Transit


Posted in: Middle Child, Twins

Daniel: Mum, have you heard of “I’ve got you babe” by Sonny and Cher”?

Me: Yes.

D: How about the Divine Comedy?

Me: Yes, in fact we still have loads of their CDs (who’s laughing now?)

D: Paul Weller?

Me: Yup.

D: And you know the Beautiful South. I really impressed this guy at college who’s into old music by knowing that song “Rotterdam or Anywhere”. He says hardly anybody knows that.

Me: I’m amazing.

O Canada


Posted in: Dublin, Ireland, Middle Child, Mr. Waffle, Princess, Reading etc., Twins, Youngest Child

Due to the extremely generous citizenship policy of the Canadian government, four of the members of our family are dual Irish/Canadian citizens. You might think this is only upside but the guys’ certificates of citizenship arrived in the post recently and there’s an oath of loyalty to King Charles on the back which was a bit of a surprise for them. Mr. Waffle was born in Canada and lived there until he was 2 so not only is he a Canadian citizen but so are all his children. Pretty good, eh? I don’t know what will happen to me, if they all move to Canada though.

I am currently in hiding from my local library staff (perhaps I would be safe in Canada?) as I recently brought back one of the popular 10 day loan items in less good condition than I borrowed it. I am sorry. But not as sorry as I was when the woman on the desk took it off the returns trolley (it’s all automated now) and sniffed loudly and then said

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Out and About


Posted in: Ireland, Mr. Waffle, Reading etc.

Mr. Waffle and I went for a day out in Carlingford over the bank holiday weekend. We have been going there for the guts of 20 years and there are only so many walks around the mountain yet almost every time we get lost and most times we get wet. This time was no different. Enjoyable all the same. And we had a lovely lunch afterwards in this cafe which I really recommend if you find yourself in this neck of the woods. And why wouldn’t you when it is so very pretty even when you are lost in the rain? All the same, I was glad we were not accompanied by three small children.

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My new year’s resolution to go to the cinema more often has been working out really well. I’m delighted with myself. Mr Waffle is my, broadly willing, accomplice but he says that I’ll have to find someone else to go to “Zone of Interest” with. We went to see “American Fiction” last week which we both really enjoyed. It’s clever and funny. It’s a companion piece to “Yellowface” in some ways. This was a point made in a long article in the FT a couple of weeks ago but I noticed it too. Honest. Would recommend the film in any event. Our film of 2024 so far.

We were supposed to be going to the theatre tonight to see a play called the President with Olwen Fouré and Hugo Weaving. I booked it last September. Am I in fact at the theatre? I am not. I have come down with (yet another) dreadful cold and am planning to spend the evening wheezing and coughing in the comfort of my own home. Alas. I gave my tickets to a colleague who was feeling gloomy. Hope this won’t make him worse.

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